"It is a large oval, showing an old man, an old Dutchman, quietly holding in his protecting arms a sleeping child. In the background is seen a bit of Holland, a flat plain of green some small trees dotting the horizon, and a warm evening sky. Interest in the picture of course centers in the old man's face, marvelously gentle, tender and patient, out of which has gone all the strife and struggle of life, leaving only its sweetness and content. It is the Madonna idea in a new form, and Mr. Reaser's friends refer to the picture as the "Man Madonna". 2

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Deze miniatuur van Mabel R. Welch getiteld "Old Pete" zal ook Pieter Molendijk voorstellen:
"Then there are "An old Dutch Woman" in big white cap, seated on a bench, with her hands in a dish on her lap, shown by Miss Lucy May Stanton; " The olden Style" of bonnet (1820) by Miss Daggett, and "Old Pete", who, heaven knows, looks Dutch enough, in his brown cap and visor [=vizier], with his muttonchop white whiskers [=bakkebaarden] and long clay pipe, the sending of Miss Mabel R. Welch ..." (bron: New York Times 18 april 1907)